When children's heads grow too rapidly or too slowly, the children are
more likely to have neurologic disorders and mental retardation, especially
if their head size is far from the mean. That is because growth of the
head reflects growth of the brain. In well-child care, head circumference
should be measured and plotted regularly. This module will help you to
identify children needing evaluation of head growth.

Objective

Upon completion of
this module, you will be able to:

identify children
needing evaluation because of deviations in the growth of their heads